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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

GESAItE BARBIEBI, 01 NEW YORK, N. Y., A SSIGNOR TO THE VORTEX MFG. 00.,OF-

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. I

CUP-MACHINE CARTON-LOADING ATTACHMENT.

Application filer Kay 3,

This invention relates more particularly to v a flat cup counting andcarton loading attachment for use in connection with a flat cup formingmachine of a type illustrated and described in my pending applicationfor patent for a flat paper cup forming machine, filed March 15, 1924,Serial No. 699,424. The present invention pertains to an attachmentconnected with the flat cup stacking mechanism of a fiat cup formingmachine, said attachment adapted to be operated from the machine toautomatically mark off the stack of flat cups at predetermined intervalswhereby a certain number of flat cups may be readily separated from theremainder of the stack of cups and be lifted into a. carton engaged onthe upper ends of flexible upright slats or cup retaining springsforming part of the cup stacking magazine.

It is an object of this invention to provide a fiat cup forming machinewith an attachment for the cup stacking device whereby a markingmechanism is adapted to act at a predetermined time to mark-off cups inselected quantit es for insert on into cartons which are adapted to bedipped onto the cup stacking device.

It is also an object of the invention to providea flat cup formingmachine with a mechanism operable from the machine and hav ng meanswhereby a markingdevice is caused to be operated at selected intervalsto mark cups at predetermined intervals so that a counted number of thecups may be readily separated from a stack for insertion into a carton.

It is furthermore an object of the invention to provide a fiat cupforming machine with a stacking mechanism adapted to have cartonsengaged thereon in position to receive flat cups in predeterminedquantities the number of which is determined by a marking deviceconnected with the stacking mechanism and operable from the machine.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a cup formingmachine wherein a cup stacking mechanism is provided with an improvedautomatic counting device having a marker which acts at predeterminedtimes to apply a mark on the last one of a selected number of countedcups so that the required quantity of cups maybe readily removed fromthe stacking mechanism and 1924. Serial No. 710,750.

elevated into a carton engaged on the stacking mechanism.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparentfrom the disclosuresin the specification and the accompanying drawings.

This invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter more fully described. I

On the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of a flat cup .makingmachine provided with a cup stacking mechanism having a cup countingdevice embodying the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the machine taken on line 2-2 of.Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan yiew of the cup stackingend of the machine With the cup stacking magazine removed.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view taken on lined-.4 of Figure 1 withparts omitted.

Figure 5 is a detail view taken on line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line 6-6 ofFigure 5 with parts in elevation.

Figure 7 is a detail view taken on line 7-7' of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a vertical view of the cup stacking end of the machine.

Figure 9 isan enlarged detail view taken on line 9-9 of Figure 8' withparts omitted. Figure 10 is a detail section taken on line 1U.'10 ofFigure 9.

Figure 11 is a fragmentary detail section taken on line 11'11 of Figure8.

Figure 12 is a similar sectional view with ,parts omitted, howing theoperationof the cup carrying slide bars.

Figure 13 is a top planview of the cup stacking magazine. 1

Figure 14 is, a fragmentary detail section taken on line 14-1 4offFigure13.

Figure 15 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line 15-15of Figure 1.3.

Figure 16 is an elevational view of the cup stacking magazine having acarton en gaged on the upper portion thereof ready to be filled withcups.

As shown on the drawings The reference numeral 1 indicates a machinetrame having journalled thereon in suitable bearings a main drivingshaft 2 provided with a flywheel 3 adapted to be driven from anysuitable source of power. Fixed on the drive shaft 2 is a sprocket geararound which a drive chain 4 is trained. The chain 4 is connected todrive a clutch mechanism designated as a whole by the reference numeral5. The clutch 5 is adapted to be controlled by means of a handle 6 whichwhen operated actuates a starting shaft 7 whereby a yoke carrying pins 8acts to shift a clutch collar 9. The clutch mechanism 5 may also beoperated by means of a handwhecl 10.

Mounted on one end of the machine frame is a cup blank feed magazine 11.A blank feed reel 12 is provided beneath the magazine 11 and is adaptedto be operated from a gear, 13 fixed on-the clutch carrying shaft 14.The gear 13 meshes 'with a gear 15 mounted on ashaft 16. The shaft 16also has mounted thereon a gear 17 and a bevel gear 18. The gear 17meshes with a gear 19 on the shaft of the blank feed reel 12. Blankguide posts 20 are mounted upon the magazine 11.

Mounted on the front end of the shaft 16 is a wheel or disk 21 having aneccentric pin 22 thereon on which one end of an eccentric rod or bar 23is engaged. The eccentric bar 23 is pivotally supported near itsotherend on a pin 24 carried on the lower end of a link 25 which isfixed on a pin 26 carried by a slidable block 27. The block is slidablein a slot 28 provided in the front of the machine frame 1. An extensionarm 29 is integrally formed at an angle on one end of the bar 23.Pivotally connected to the end of the arm 29 is one end of a connectingrod 30 the other end being pivotally connected to the upper end of theouter arm of a double arm lever 31. The lower end of the lever 31 ispivoted on a bracket 32 secured on the machine frame 1.

A bar 33 is connected with the slidable block 27 and has mounted thereona blank advancing plate 34 which extends into the path of the advancingcup blanks. A blank gripper mechanism 35 is also carried by the bar 33.A cup blank carrying carriage 36 is provided on the bar 33 and has a cupblank centering flange formed thereon.

lVhen -'a cup blank is fed out of the cup blank holding magazine it isdelivered onto a stationary table 37 provided with a raised curved stopedge 38. A stationary table 39 is provided and is separated from thetable 37 by a diagonal opening or slot 121 in which a pair of separatedupper and lower blank folding bars 40 are adapted to operate.

A cup blank is adapted to be gripped by the grippen mechanism 35 and iscarried over the table 3739 into a position over the folding bars 40. Aglue applying me hanism 41 is operable from a cam shaft 42 which has abeveled gear 43 thereon meshing with the bevel gear 18 to receive adrive therefrom. The glue applyin mechanism is adapted to ap 1y a dab oglue to the under surface 0 the advanced cup blank.

When the gripper mechanism 35 is advanced intoposit1on to grip the nextcup blank the blank feed plate 34 is in its advance position over thestationary table 37 and above a portion of the advanced cup blank. Justprevious to the time that the gripper mechanism starts to move away fromthe cup blank magazine the blank folding bars 40 are operated by a camwheel 43 which is driven by the cam shaft 42. The folding bars 40 arethus raised through the table opening 39 and act to bend up a portion ofthe advanced cup blank while the other portion of the cup blank is heldin place by the feed plate 34.

As the gripper mechanism engages the next blank and starts to move awayfrom the blank holding magazine 11 the blank feed plate 34 moves throughthe slot between the bars 40 thereby causing the u turned portion of thefirst cup blank to e folded over against the top surface of the feedplate 34.

As the partially folded cup blank is advanced by the feed plate 34 asecond glue applying mechanism 44 operable by the cam wheel 43 acts toapply a strip of glue to a margin of the cup blank. As the strip of glueis being applied to a margin or flap of the cup blank, the cup blank isadvanced into the field of operation of a flap folding mechanismoperable from a-cam 45 on the cam shaft 42. The glued flap is thusfolded over against the body of the partially formed cup. A cup feed cam46 operable Hill by a gear train 47 now acts to advance the a partiallyformed cup as the feed plate 34 starts to move back toward the blankholding magazine 11.

A cuptip bending device 48 is operable I by a cam 49 which receives adrive through meshing bevel gears 50 and 51. The beveled gear 51 ismounted on the end of the cam shaft 42. The cup tip bending device 48acts to bend over the tip of the cup and at the same time the feed cam46 engages the cup and advances the same thereby causing the cup tip tobe bent u wardly against the underside of the body 0 the cup so that thespot of glue applied by the glue mechanism 41, acts to glue the tip tothe cup body thereby completing the forming of the flat cup 53 (Figure3).

The cup is advanced by the feed cam 46 between a pair of feed rollers 52which press the glued parts together and at the same time advance thecup 53 over-onto a table extension 54. Secured on the end of the machineframe 1 is a casting 55 having an extending arm 56 on which a carriage57 is slidably engaged. A stop 58 is fixed on the end of the arm 56. Thecarriage 57 is .provided with a vertical slot in which a plate 59 isslidably engaged. Integrally formed at right angles to the upper edge ofthe slide plate 59 is a horizontal plate 60 which extends transverselybeneath the table extension "54. Secured to the bracket plate 60 onopposite sides of the table extension 54 are a pair of slide bars 61recessed at 62 leaving upturned hooks or fingers 63. The hooks 63 areslightly curved to conform to the curvature of the curved open end ofthe flatcup A cup pocket is thus provided in the slidable cupreinovingbars 61 which slide between guides 64 and 65 fastened to thecasting 55. i

Mounted upon the guides '64 and 65 is a cup holding and stackingmagazine base section 66 having a substantially triangular shape andhaving guide slots 67 therein (Figure 4) through which the bars 61 areSecured to themagazine base section 66 are. a plurality of upright posts68 supporting an upper magazine section 69 similar inshape to the lower,section 66. Secured to the inner surface of the lower magazine section66 and extending upwardly through the upper magazine section 69 are aplurality of flexible slats or cup retaining springs 70 over which a cupcarton 71 (Figure 16) is-adapted to be engaged so that a stack ofcounted flat cups 53 may be delivered upwardly into the carton.

.The slide plate 59 is provided with a key slot 72 (Figure 9) throughwhich a stub shaft 73 projects. The shaft 73 is supported in a bearing74 formed on the carriage 57. Secured on the outer end of the stub shaft73 is a bell crank 75having a cam block 76 engaged on the inner side ofthe short-arm of the bell crank. The bell crank block 76 projects intothe slide plate slot 72 to permit raising and lowering of the slideplate 59 with respect to the ca riage 57. The long arm of the bell crank75 is pivoially connected to one end of a link 77. pivoted to the innerarm of the double arm lever 31 (Figure 8). The bars 61 are firstadvanced toward the. feed rolls 52 to permit the formed flat cup 53 todrop into the bar recesses 62 after which'the bars are raised and thenretracted to deliver the 'cup into the stacking magazine underneath thestack of cups already formed and stacked.

The beveled gear 50 is mounted on one end of a shaft 78-journa1led inbearings 79 (Figure 4) on the machine frame. Secured on the shaft 78 isa sprocket 80 with which an endless chain 81 is engaged. The chain 81 isalso engaged around a sprocket 82 (Figure 5) which is mounted on a wormThe other end of the link 77 isv shaft 83 supported in a bearing bracket84 forming part of a bearing casting 85 secured to the machine frame.- Abracket or arm 86 is also integrally formed on the cast-- ing 85. Formedor fixed on the shaft 83 is a worm 87 which meshes with a worm Wheel 88engaged on a shaft 89 journalledin a bearing 90 on the casting 85. Alsofixed on the shaft 89 is a small gear or pinion 91 (Figure 8) whichmeshes with a large gear 92 on a shaft 93. The shaft 93 is journalled ina bearing 94 formed on the casting 85.

A shaft. or pin 95 is supported in a bearing 96 on the bracket 86.Pivote'd on the shaft 95 is the one end of an arm 97 to which one end ofa spring 98 is engaged. The spring 98 is coiled around the bearing 96and is secured thereto to hold the arm 97 in a raised position. A roller99 is rotatably rolling contact with the peripheral edge of a cam disk100 having a notch 101 in the periphery thereof. The disk 100 is mountedon the shaft 89 to the outside of the small gear 91. Pivoted on the freeend of the arm 97 is the lower end of a lever 102 having a roller 103rotatably mounted thereon for co-action with the peripheral edge of acam disk 104 having a notch 105 in the periphery thereof. The cam disk104 is supported on the shaft 93 to the outside of the gear 92.

Pivoted on the upper end of the lever 102 is a bifurcated end of a pin106. The pin 106 is slidable in a collar or sleeve 107 integrallyformedon the lower end of'an arm 108 which is integrally formed on a sleeve109. The sleeve 109 is rotatable on a pin or shaft 110. Also integrallyformed on the sleeve 109 is an upwardly extending arm 111' which isengaged against a plate spring 112. The plate spring 112 is secured on abracket 113 mounted on the casting 55.

Projecting transversely through the upwardly directed arm 111 is apencil sleeve 114 tapered at one end and open at the other end. Disposedwithin the pencil sleeve 114 is a marking lead 115 the point of whichprojects through the tapered end of the pencil sleeve 114. A pencil feedscrew 116 is threaded into the open end ofthe pencil sleeve 114 (Figure6) and is adjustable bymeans of a head 117. The marking end of thepencil 114 projects into an opening 118 in the guide 65 and into thelower portion of the cup magazine base section 66 to mark the lowermostcup 53 at predetermined time intervals. Fixed on the under the side ofthe plate 60 is a flange of a spring plate 118 offset at 119 and havingthe lower corners 120 bent at an angle.

The operation is as follows A stack of cup blanks is placed between themagazine guide posts 20 with the lowermost blanks disposed within themagazine base 11. A drive is imparted to the flywheel 3 from anysuitable source of power. By operating the control handle 6 the clutchmechanism 5 is operated and a drive is transmitted by the chain 4 to theshaft 14 and to the blank feed reel 12. The feed reel 12 is soconstructed that at a predetermined time in each revolutionthereof padson said feed reel are brought into contact with the lowermost cup blankin the magazine 11. The lowermost cup blank is tlius fed out of themagazine base section 11 onto the raised portion of the table 37.

\Vith the delivery of a cup blank from the magazine the disk 21 actuatesthe eccentric har23 and the link 25. The lower gripper jaw of thegripper mechanism is moved into open position. The slidable block 27 isadvanced by the action of the eccentric bar 23 so that the open grippermechanism is moved into position ready to grip the advanced cup blank.W'ith the continued rotation of the disk 21 the gripper mechanism isclosed to grip the cup blank, after which the block 27 starts to moveaway from the magazine 11. The cup blank is pulled over the tablesections 37 and 39 and over the lowered bars 40.

' The gripper mechanism 35 is now opened to release the advanced cupblank as the block 27 again starts to move toward the magazine 11. Thefeeder plate 34 is moved over the top of the cup blank as the flange onthe carriage 36 acts to push the cup blank back against the raised edge38 of the table 37 to properly center the cup blank. The glue applyingmechanism 41 is now operated from the cam shaft 42 and acts to apply adab of glue to the under surfaceof the centered cup blank.

The cam wheel 43 now acts to raise the bars to bend up a portion of'thecup blank along one edge of the feed plate 34. As another blank isgripped by the gripper mechanism the block 27 starts to move toward thecup stacking end of the machine and the feed plate 34 acts to draw thecup blank between the raised bars 40 to bend over the upturned portionof the cup blank. As' the cup blank is folded and advanced the secondglue applying mechanism 44 is operated by the cam wheel 43 to cause astrip of glue to be applied to a margin of the cup blank.

The glued margin of the cup blank is next creased .and bent upwardlyafter which the cam 45 on the cam shaft acts to operate a flap foldingmechanism whereby the glued margin of the cup blank is bent over againstthe body of the cup. The partially formed cup is advanced further bv thefeed plate 34 into a position wherein the tip of the partially completedcup proiects over an edge of the table section 39. The cam 49 on theshaft 78 now acts to o erate the cup tip bending device 48 which endsthe tip of the cup. I I With the movement of the block 27 toward themagazine 11 the cup feed plate 34 moves out of the partially formed cupand the cup feed cam 46 engages the fiat cup to feed the same betweenthe feeding rolls 52. As the cup is advanced by the feed cam 46 the bentover tip of the cup is bent upwardly against the cup body so that thedab of glue will cause the tip to adhere to the body of the flat cup.

The cup feed rolls 52 now act to advance the completed flat cup overonto the table extension 54. The fiat cup drops by gravity into thepocket 62 of the cup removing bars 61. The bars 61 are advanced by thecarriage 57 which is slidable on the guide bar 56 by the action of theinner lever arm 31 and the link 77 which are connected by the connectingrod 30 to the end of the arm 29 on the eccentric bar 23. As the carriage57 starts to move outwardly toward the cup stacking end of the machinethe bell crank 75 is first actuated to swing the short arm of the hellcrank 75 upwardly so that the block 76 (Figure 9) acts to raise theplate 59 thereby elevating the bars 61. These bars being positionedbeneath the cup stacking magazine 66 act to raise the stack of formedcups already stacked within the stacking magazine. As the carriage 57moves outwardly the raised bars 61 slide from under the raised stack ofcups carrying a formedcup in the pocket 62 into the base section 66 ofthe stacking magazine beneath the stack of cups already stacked therein.The stack of cups drops into the pocket 62 upon the cup just delivered.The bars 61 are again lowered as the carriage 57 reaches the end of itsoutward movement on the bar 56.

The flat cups being formed follow one another in constant suhcessionthrough the machine and are automaticallv delivered one at a time intothe bottom of the stacking magazine and are elevated each time a new cupis added to the bottom of the stack. The flat cups thus pile up in thestacking magazine between the guides 70.

The shaft 78 receives a drive from the cam shaft 42 through the beveledgears 50 and 51. The chain 81 is thus driven and acts to rotate theworm87 the worm wheel 88 and the shaft 89. I The disk 100 and the pinion91 are rotated with the shaft 89. The pinion 91 being in mesh with thegear 92 rotates the same thereby causing a drive to be transmitted tothe shaft 93'and the disk 104 (Figure 8). When the rollers 99 and 103are in the positions illustrated in Figure 8 the plate 118 carried bythe carriage plate 60 reciprocates over the top of the sleeve 107 andover the upper end of the retracted pin 106. The gears 92 and 91 are ofdifferent size and of a selected gear ratlo so that with each revolutionof the large gear 92 the small gear 91 rotates a number of times.

When the notch in the disk 100 registers with the roller 99 no movementof the arm 97 takes place because the roller 103 on the lever 102 is incontact with the peripheral edge of the disk 104. At predeteru'iinedtimes the notch 105 in the disk 104 registers with the roller 103 at thesame time that the notch 101 in the disk 100 is brought into registerwith the roller 99. At such a time the spring 98 acts to swing the arm97 upwardly thereby moving the lever 102 upwardly. The pin 106 on theupper end of the lever 102 is projected upwardly through the sleeve 107into the position shown in Figure 6. As the carriage 57 moves outwardlythe plate 118 is brought into contact with the pin 106 and swings thearm 108 from the full line position of Figure 6 into the dotted lineposition. This operation causes the upwardly extending arm 111 to swinginwardly thereby causing the tip or point of the pencil lead 115 to makea mark on the lowermost cup in the magezine 66. The gears 91 and 92 andthe disks 100 and 104 are so arranged that the pencll will be operatedautomatically at predetermined intervals so that the cups are countedand marked at intervals.

When the notch 105 moves out of engagement with the roller 103- the pin106 is retracted and the spring 112 acts to move the pencil or markerinto the full line posltion of Figure 6.

A on carton 71 may be engaged over the upwar ly projecting ends of thespring guides with the open lower end of the carton resting on the uppermagazine section 69 so that a counted number of flat cups may be pushedupwardly into the carton. The carton is removed and closed and containsa counted number of flat cups. The pencil marks on the stack of cups inthe stacking magazine are readily discernible so that cartons may beeasily filled with a selected number of fiat paper cups.

I am aware that many changes may be made. and numerous details ofconstruction may be varied through a wide range without departing fromthe principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purposelimiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by theprior art.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a on stacking magazine,of mechanisms for lifting the cups stacked in the magazine anddelivering cups to the ma azine beneath the cups stacked therein, anmeans adapted to mark off the stacked cups in predetermined numhers inthe magazine.

2. The combination with a flat cup stacking magazine, of a reciprocatingcarriage, means for operating the same, and mecha nisms carried by thecarriage and operable by said means for raising cups in the magazine andthen delivering formed cups upwardly into the bottom of the magazinebeneath the raised cups.

3. The combination with a cup stacking magazine, of a carriage, meansconnected to reciprocate the carriage, a slidable plate on the carriage,mechanisms connected with the plate to operate the same, and cupdelivering members supported on said plate adapted to carry cups anddeliver the cups into the stacking magazine.

4. The combination with a cup stacking magazine, mechanisms for raisingthe cups stacked therein, means for delivering cups into the bottom ofthe magazine below the raised stack of cups, and a mechanism forcounting off the cups delivered into the magazine.

5. The combination with a cup holding magazine, of means for raising thestack of cups in the magazine and then sliding another cup beneath theraised stack, and a marking device for marking ofi' predeterminedquantities of the cups in the magazine.

6. The combination with a cup stacking n'iagazine, of a cup deliveringmeans, a mechanism for operating the, same to cause cups to be deliveredupwardly into the magazine, a cup counting device connected with themagazine, and means for operat ing the counting device to count ofipredetermined quantities of the cups in the magazine.

7. The combination with a cup stacking magazine, of means forautomatically raising the cups in the magazine and delivering cupsbeneath the raised cups, a marking device, and means for causing themarking device to operate at predetermined times to mark off the cups inpredetermined quan-. tities in the magazine.

8. The combination with a cup holding magazine, of a cup deliveringmeans, an

eccentrically operated device connected to operate said on deliveringmeans to cause the same to deliver cups into the magazine and elevatethe cups therein, a plate carried by the cup delivering means, a marker,:1 slidable control pin supported thereon, and mechanisms adapted atpredetermined times tomove the pin into the path of movement of saidplate to automatically cause the marker to make marks on the stack ofcups in the magazine at predetermined intervals.

9. The combination with,.a cup stacking magazine, a member carried bythe cup delivering means, a pivoted arm, a marker carried thereon andpositioned to project into the magazine, a pin slidable in said pivotedarm, control means for governing the operation of said pin, and meansadapted to operate the control means to cause the same to move the pinat predetermined times into the path of operation of said member toswing the pivoted arm and cause the marker to make marks at spacedintervals on the stack of cups.

10. The combination with a cup stacking magazine, of a cup deliveringmeans, driving means therefor to cause the delivering means to delivercups into the magazine in stacked relation, a member carried by the cupdelivering means, a fulcrumed arm, a marker supported on one end thereofpositioned to project into the magazine, a pin slidable in the other endof said fulcrumed arm, a spring controlled pivoted arm, a lever pivotedthereon and supporting said pin, a roller on said arm, a roller on saidlever, notched disks co-acting with said rollers, and means foroperating said disks to cause movement of said in into the path ofoperation of said mem er at predetermined times to swing the fulcrumedarm and cause the marker to make marks at spaced intervals on the stackof cups in the magazine.

11. The combination with a magazine of means adapted to be raised andthen shifted for delivering and moving cups upwardly in the magazine anda marker adapted to place marks on the stacked cups at intervals todesignate counted quantities of cups.

12. The combination with a cup stacking magazine, of means fordelivering cups transversely and then upwardly into the magazine, a cupmarker, and means for automatically operating the marker to mark off thecups in the magazine.

13. The combination with a. cup stacking magazine, of means forautomatically delivering and elevating cups therein, a fulcrumed arm, apencil sleeve supported thereon, a marker in said sleeve and projectingtherefrom, means for adjusting the marker, a slidable member cngaged'insaid arm, a reciprocating device, and a mechanism for moving theslidable member into;

the path of said reciprocating device at predetermined times to operatesaid arm to cause the marker to mark off cups in predeterminedquantities in said magazine.

14. The combination with a cup stacking magazine, of reciprocating meansfor delivering cups thereto, mechanisms for raising the reciprocatingmeans at predetermined times to raise cups in the magazine, a cupmarker, a mechanism carried by the -reciprocating means, and meansconnected with the marker. adapted to be moved into the path of saidmechanism to cause operation of the marker at predetermined times.

15. The combination with a cup stacking magazine, of reciprocating meansfor delivering cups thereto, a plate carried by the reciprocating means,a cup marker, a slidable member coacting therewith, spring controlled.toggles connected with said member, rollerson said toggles, notcheddisks coacting with said rollers, and gear means for operating saidnotched-disks to cause the same to brin the notches thereof intoregister with sai d rollers to permit the spring controlled toggles tomove the slidable member into the path of said plate to cause operationof the marker.

16. The combination with a stackin magazine, of a carriage, a recessedplate s idable on the carriage, cup delivering and stacking barssupported on said plate, a bell-crank supported on said plate, a blockon said bellcrank projecting into the recessed plate, and a mechanismconnected with said bell-crank to reciprocate the carriage and cause thebars to deliver cups from the machine into the magazine and then elevatethe cups therein.

17. The combination with a stackin ma azine, of a carriage, a recessedplate sTidab e on the carriage, cup delivering bars supported on saidplate, a block on said bell crank rejecting into the recessed plate, apivote lever, a link connecting the lever with the bell crank, and aneccentric mechanism connected to actuate the lever to causereciprocation of the carria and operation of said plate and bars todglivercups into the magazine. 7

18. The combination with a cup holding magazine, of recessed bars havingsliding engagement therewith, and mechanisms adapted to first raise thebars to elevate cups in said magazine and then slide said bars todeliver a cup into the magazine beneath the raised cups.

19. The combination with acup stacking magazine, of recessed bars havingsliding engagement therewith, a su port, a carriage slidable thereon, aplate sli able on the carriage and supporting said bars, and meansconnected with the plate to operate the plate and carriage to cause thebars to first elevate a stack of cups in said magazine and then delivera cup into the magazine beneath the raised stack of cups.

20. A cup stacking device comprising amagazine a apted to have a cartonengaged thereon, a mechanism for automatically delivering cups into themagazine, and means for marking of! the cups in counted numbers topermit a selected number of cups to be readily moved from the magazineinto the carton.

21. A stacking machine comprising a cup magazine adapted to have cartonsremovably engaged thereon, means for automatically thereof, means forautomatically deliv- 10 delivering cups into the magazine, and a eringcups upwardly through the botdevice adapted to mark off the cups in thetom of the n'mgazine, and means for automngazine in predeterminedquantities to pernmtically marking off the cups to permit; a nut thecartons to be readily tilled with a selected number of cups to be raisedinto a predetermined number of said cups from carton on said cartonholder. 15 said magazine. In testlmony whereof I have hereunto sub- 22.A cup stacking device comprising a scribed my name. magazine, a cartonholder on the top CESARE BARBIERI.

